State

• Wife of ex-Ill. gov. to compete in reality show

• Post office ends 24-hour counter service

National

• APNewsBreak: 4 arrested in plot to bomb NYC temple

• Search for mother, son who fled chemo, heads West

• Mickelson on leave; wife diagnosed with cancer

• Credit reform means new era for college students

• Big US towers going cheap in distressed market

• Men compete for title of world's fanciest whiskers

• Lincoln stamp: Stolen, found, now on auction block

International

• 3 US soldiers killed by roadside bomb in Baghdad

• Official: Pakistanis in Swat town fend off Taliban

• Man with grenade at Serbian president's office

• Egypt tycoon gets death for singer's slaying

• Clinton says Cuba not ready for OAS

• Japan, San Marino top life expectancy league

Politics & Government

• Obama in political box over closing Guantanamo

  • Initial US trial set for Gitmo detainee

• Senate set to approve Obama war funding request

• House weighs safety of overseas aircraft repairs

• Vice president gets warm welcome in Kosovo

ODD & Extraordinary

• 43 snails on his face? Boy hopes he set a record

• Pittsburgh schools: Snake wasn't used as jump rope

• Man trying to burn anthill scorches acre in Mich.

• Boy, 4, walks home from Pittsburgh school at midday

• Police say man used horse tranquilizers to sleep

• Man denied bathroom use accused of trashing store

• Couple withdraws money, flees after bank error

• Women sought in daring TV theft from Mo. Wal-Mart

• No ballroom needed for homemade Philly-area prom

• Businessman accused of using gun to demand dentures

Entertainment, Entertainers, Media & Arts

• How Allen ascended from meek audition to 'Idol'

• Penelope Cruz lights up Cannes' 'Broken Embraces'

• Can we live long and prosper? Trekkers hope so

• Michael Douglas: No-nukes world would be good deal

Science, Technology & Environment

• Sweden helps S. Korea convert food waste into biogas

• UN study advises caution over dams

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